System and Method of Delivering Video Content

1. A method comprising: receiving a retry request from a media device at a server, the retry request requesting a data packet associated with video content and including an overhead bandwidth factor corresponding to a ratio between an overhead bandwidth to be used to send the data packet in response to the retry request and a nominal bandwidth used to send other packets to the media device; and in response to the retry request, sending the data packet to the media device based on the overhead bandwidth factor.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the overhead bandwidth factor is based on a count of data packets of the video content not received by the media device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the overhead bandwidth factor has a first value when the count is less than a threshold, and wherein the overhead bandwidth factor has a second value when the count is greater than or equal to the threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data packet is sent via unicast.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data packet includes data associated with a high definition video channel or a standard definition video channel.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending a plurality of data packets associated with the video content to the media device before receiving the retry request.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising: receiving a stop request prior to receiving the retry request; and in response to the stop request, ceasing transmission to the media device of packets associated with the video content.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of data packets are sent using a first bandwidth, the data packet is sent using a second bandwidth, and wherein the first bandwidth is not equal to the second bandwidth.

9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising reducing a bandwidth used to send additional data packets associated with the video content to the media device after sending the plurality of data packets.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising sending an instruction to the media device instructing the media device to request additional data packets associated with the video content from a second server.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the second server is a multicast video server.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the data packet corresponds to a packet of the video content that was not received by the media device from the server or from the second server.

13. An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to perform operations including: receiving a retry request from a media device at a server, the retry request requesting a data packet associated with video content and including an overhead bandwidth factor corresponding to a ratio between an overhead bandwidth to be used to send the data packet in response to the retry request and a nominal bandwidth used to send other packets to the media device; and in response to the retry request, sending the data packet to the media device based on the overhead bandwidth factor.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the server is a dedicated channel change server.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the data packet corresponds to a gap in packets received by the media device, the packets associated with the video content.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the retry request is received subsequent to a channel change request requesting a channel associated with the video content.

17. A computer-readable storage device comprising processor-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to: receive a retry request from a media device at a server, the retry request requesting a data packet associated with video content and including an overhead bandwidth factor corresponding to a ratio between an overhead bandwidth to be used to send the data packet in response to the retry request and a nominal bandwidth used to send other packets to the media device; and in response to the retry request, send the data packet to the media device based on the overhead bandwidth factor.

18. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17 , wherein the overhead bandwidth factor is based on a count of data packets of the video content not received by the media device.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 18 , wherein the overhead bandwidth factor has a first value when the count is less than a threshold, and wherein the overhead bandwidth factor has a second value when the count is greater than or equal to the threshold.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to send a plurality of data packets associated with the video content to the media device before receiving the retry request.